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I’m Trying to Learn at Least One New Thing Every Day

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

May 9

I’m Trying to Learn at Least One New Thing Every Day

May 9

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The Astronaut Who Almost Drowned in Space

In 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano experienced a life-threatening incident during a spacewalk when a significant leak of water into…

Jun 22, 2023

The Astronaut Who Almost Drowned in Space

Jun 22, 2023

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The Woodpecker in Heat that Attacked and Delayed a Space Shuttle

The most unusual, and most humorous, reason for a Space Shuttle launch delay happened with the STS-70 mission in the spring of 1995. The…

Dec 8, 2023

The Woodpecker in Heat that Attacked and Delayed a Space Shuttle

Dec 8, 2023

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Why I Always Listen to My Inner Voice When it Tells Me “Just Do It!”

It was dark and raining that October morning when my alarm woke me up around 6 AM. The Association of Space Explorers (ASE), an…

Jun 2

Why I Always Listen to My Inner Voice When it Tells Me “Just Do It!”

Jun 2

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Did You Know That John Steinbeck’s Dog Ate Half of his 1st Manuscript of “Of Mice and Men”?

American Writer John Steinbeck, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, loved dogs, but he was not happy after his dog, Toby, who had…

Jun 1

Did You Know That John Steinbeck’s Dog Ate Half of his 1st Manuscript of “Of Mice and Men”?

Jun 1

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Can You Imagine Writing a Book With a Typewriter?

I was using Microsoft Word when I started writing the manuscript for my first book. I had an outline with notes about many of the subjects…

May 31

Can You Imagine Writing a Book With a Typewriter?

May 31

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How I Solved My Insomnia Problem

I seem to have finally found the right formula for falling asleep relatively quickly and being able to sleep for 3 to 4 hours at a time…

May 31

How I Solved My Insomnia Problem

May 31

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Is Fiction More Difficult to Write Than Nonfiction?

As I was writing my first book, a memoir about my involvement in human spaceflight covering 50 years, I remember thinking, “I wonder if…

May 30

Is Fiction More Difficult to Write Than Nonfiction?

May 30

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How a Space Shuttle Traveled Through the Streets of Los Angeles

After the Shuttle Program ended in 2011, Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, was allocated to the California Science Center in Los Angeles…

May 14

How a Space Shuttle Traveled Through the Streets of Los Angeles

May 14

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“I Was Superman Every Day” — How Astronaut Clay Anderson Describes Living In Space

It’s hard to argue with him about that!

May 11

“I Was Superman Every Day” — How Astronaut Clay Anderson Describes Living In Space

May 11

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Worked for NASA for 42 yrs. Now on NASA Alumni League Board of Directors; recently finished draft of a memoir; acted in 22 theatre shows. herbbaker.space/

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